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Jeff Jacobs: How UConn football coach Jim Mora helped get CIAC championships back to Rentschler Field

In Texas, most high school championships are held at the Cowboys (Arlington) and Texans (Houston) stadiums.
 
huskyblooz said:
My picks are:
MM - Killingly
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Don't sleep on Wilton in MM. Smaller FCIAC teams tend to shine in the States when they have a team from a lower class because they spend the season in the strongest league playing larger schools.
 
Redding Husky said:
In Texas, most high school championships are held at the Cowboys (Arlington) and Texans (Houston) stadiums.
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Those are different though. Private facilities that are donated by the owners. They probably right off the costs, too. Much Like the Pats do. I don’t have a huge problem with using the Rent though I think Central or Southern are more practical for the 1200 who will attend each game. And I hope they flip it around next season so the kids from smaller schools get to play there and don’t always get relegated to Arute.
 
huskyblooz said:
My picks are:
LL - Greenwich
L - New Canaan
MM - Killingly
M - ND-WH
SS - Barlow
S - Ansonia
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Ya still have a chance to run the table…

CIAC Saturday 12/10 Football Championship Schedule

Arute Field at Central Connecticut State University (New Britain, CT)

10:30am - Class S #1 Ansonia v. #2 Bloomfield
2:00pm - Class L #3 Maloney v. #4 New Canaan
5:30pm - Class SS #5 Joel Barlow v. #6 Valley Regional/Old Lyme

Rentschler Field at Pratt & Whitney Stadium (East Hartford, CT)

10:30am - Class MM #3 Killingly v. #5 North Haven
2:00pm - Class M - #1 Berlin v. #2 Notre-Dame-WH
5:30pm - Class LL - #2 Greenwich v. #5 Fairfield Prep
 
huskyblooz said:
My picks are:
LL - Greenwich
L - New Canaan
MM - Killingly
M - ND-WH
SS - Barlow
S - Ansonia
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As much as I respect Blooz and his picks I am picking North Haven over Killingly, Killingly has a great QB and running back but North Haven takes this game.

Bloomfield over Ansonia in a close one

NDWH wins over Berlin

Barlow over VROL by a lot

New Canaan wins in a close game

Greenwich wins in a close game as well
 
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huskyblooz said:
I wish I was wrong, too. I hate Catholic schools competing against public schools. Give them their own division.
They beat our school last week.
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How can a team be expected to compete with God?
 
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Great job by the North Haven kids all year. Congrats! Nice to finally get to the mountain top.
 
huskymedic said:
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It’s not so simple for New Canaan to get #1 in the state poll. Greenwich still has to play Prep. Now you could say that Greenwich will have two losses on the season if they beat Prep, to New Canaans one loss, but both teams played in the very tough FCIAC and both played always tough St Joes. New Canaan’s only loss was to St Joes, which Greenwich also played and beat. The FCIAC was stacked this year with so many good teams.
 
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huskyblooz said:
I wish I was wrong, too. I hate Catholic schools competing against public schools. Give them their own division.
They beat our school last week.
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Yeah Berlin isn’t as good now that they aren’t allowed to recruit players from New Britain.
 
crazyUCfan23 said:
The Barlow QB after the game was yelling "call Coach Mora! I wanna go to UConn! He threw for one and ran for four or 5. triple option offense. incredible athlete
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Danny Shaban is a heck of a player, I picked Barlow to win big because I knew Shaban would be run rough shod over the competition, like he has in almost every game this year.
 
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BlueandOG said:
How is this not happening already? Massachusetts high school Super Bowls are played at Gillette Stadium.
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Yes they are, and Robert Kraft foots the bill. It was a thrill to watch my grandson and The Marblehead HS Magicians win the Super-Bowl last year at Gillette.
For the losers there’s heartbreak, but the sheer joy of playing in that Stadium with all of its bells and whistle, is huge for those kids. As for the winners, there was an ecstatic on field celebration followed by the return home of the team bus led by a police escort with sirens blaring, down several streets lined with townspeople cheering. And then later in the month, the players all received their championship rings. It’s not hyperbole to say that nothing galvanizes the spirit of a community like HS Football.

What’s even more encouraging was to hear the comments of players on what it all means to them. One of the seniors expressed it best.

"Marblehead football is a huge brotherhood, and there is no better way to learn many life lessons than being part of the team. It’s getting up early, going to school and practices, watching film, and playing against an opponent with people you love."

Kudos to Coach Mora for letting Connecticut HS players and the towns they represent experience the joy and heartbreak of playing for glory at the Rent,
 
CONN78SEJ said:
Danny Shaban is a heck of a player, I picked Barlow to win big because I knew Shaban would be run rough shod over the competition, like he has in almost every game this year.
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He's a freak athlete. I'm sure exactly how good he is in comparison to FBS level players, but I would think he could translate to a linebacker at the next level. Kid is an extremely hard worker too
 
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